Posts Tagged ‘legal’
E Pluribus Unum
In response to President Obama’s speech today I spent some time thinking about our immigration policy. This isn’t within my normal area of expertise, but it is something that I think everyone should spend some time thinking about. The truth of the matter is, politicians have been screwing this up for generations, and I don’t [...]
Common Law, Civil Law, and the Supreme Court
The recent nomination of Judge Sotomayor to the Supreme Court has again brought to a head the oft heard words of “judicial activism” and “judge made law.” ”Conservatives” often make the statement that judges should only “apply the law and not make it.” But this begs the question, given the legal history of this country, is this [...]
Antanas Mockus and a Multi-Regulated Society
Today I wanted to start unpacking some of the sessions from the De Lange Conference with a look at the first talk by Antanas Mockus, the former mayor of Bogota Colombia. Mockus is an especially interesting figure. Throughout the 80s and early 90′s, Bogota was a mess, and of particular concern were violent crimes and [...]